I have no desire to get into the “politics” of said tweets (I feel he’s not a misogynist and is actually supportive of certain aspects/types of feminism—though I can see how some of his tweets could set some people off), but merely to observe the fact that this 86-year-old man was “dishing it” on social media—and doing a pretty savvy job, too. The Shat (as he is known, I’m sure, by some people) is all down with memes, the lingo, and, apparently, fighting with obscure Tumblr and Twitter Outlander fan accounts.

The irony, of course, is that Kirk himself was the focal character of what might be the original “shipping” couple for fans—Kirk/Spock. So is it really that surprising that things have come full circle, so to speak, and that Shatner is now embedded in a fan-shipping controversy that shows no signs of abating soon?